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GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885). Personal Memoirs of... New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-1886.
2 volumes, 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispieces with tissue guards, folding facsimile letter tipped-in Volume I, folding map and facsimile document in Vol. 2, numerous maps and wood-engravings throughout (some edgewear to folding facsimile). Original publisher’s half-morocco gilt with central medallions on both covers, spines in 6 compartments with raised bands, gilt-lettering and centerpieces in compartments including the 4-star shoulder straps, marbled edges, marbled endpapers (spines sunned on Vol. I, corners rubbed). Provenance: Frank W. Stanley (booklabels).
FIRST EDITION of Grant’s classic memoirs published by Mark Twain in the deluxe publisher’s binding.